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Although April has been uncharacteristically devoid of showers (especially for Windsor), it has been packed full of musical goodness. So packed, in fact, that I elected to make two mixes rather than one! I was concerned that there would be so much spillover from this month that I would either have to ignore most of these tracks, or most of the good stuff that I know is coming in May, and this was my solution.

Non-musical matters have been pretty good this month as well. There was a fun trip to Cleveland, documented here, some slightly less (but still rather) fun events in Windsor, and the end of semester crunch wasn't as bad as I had anticipated due to some pretty heavy advance preparation. Things have been pretty relaxed since classes finished, though I am starting a part-time assessment job next week and I should probably get around to more thesis work some time this decade.

Oh, and my cat had a tapeworm. I think it's gone now. I hope.

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Di seguito la lista dei miei 30 album dell'anno, e a seguire gli album che ho comunque apprezzato. Ho anche aggiunto i link alle recensioni che ho scritto su OndaRock.
Here follows the list of my 30 favourite albums in 2009, followed by a list of albums I also liked. I added the links to the reviews I wrote, published on OndaRock (reviews are written in italian).


01. Leonard Mynx - Vesper
02. Savoy Grand - Accident Book
03. Bonnie 'Prince' Billy - Beware
04. The Leisure Society - The Sleeper
05. Noah and the Whale - The First Days Of Spring
06. Revolver - Music For A While
07. Mi and L'au - Good Morning Jokers
08. Grand Archives - Keep In Mind Frankenstein
09. Old Lost John – Faceless
10. Matt Jones - The Black Path

11. Kings of Convenience - Declaration Of Dependence
12. Great Lake Swimmers - Lost Channels
13. The Mostar Diving Club - Don Your Suit Of Lights
14. Musette - Datum
15. God Help the Girl - God Help The Girl
16. Andrew Bird - Noble Beast
17. Kesang Marstrand - Hello Night
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Don't remember those 70s shows too well...

.38 Special

Abe Vigoda
Acid Mothers Temple & The Melting Paraiso U.F.O.
Aerosmith
Dave Alvin
The Americans
Laurie Anderson
Anonymous 4
Arbouretum

Bachman-Turner Overdrive
Bad Company
Kofi Baker's Tribute To Cream
Lou Barlow
The Battlefield Band
The Be Good Tanyas
Michel Bénébig
Big Search
Black Flamingo
The Black Ryder
The Blasters
Eddie Bond
Boris
Trace Bundy
Paul Butterfield

Calexico
The Californian
John Campbell
John Carpenter
Castanets
Cheap Trick
Robert Cray

Dead Meadow
Rick Derringer
Dios Malos
Dolorean
Dum Dum Girls
Bob Dylan

The Elected
Electric Flower
Electric Light Orchestra
Endless Boogie
The Entrance Band
Exploding Flowers

Los FabuLocos
Fabulous Thunderbirds
Piers Faccini
Farewell Continental
The Felice Brothers
The Flaming Lips
Kirk Fletcher
Foghat

Genesis
Ghostland Observatory
The Gourds
Grateful Dead

Michael Hedges
Wayne Henderson (the luthier)
Hepa/Titus
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